]]>https://translations.nickblockphd.com/yiddish-names/that-start-with-b/baruch.html/feed0Not in the dictionary: Yiddish words and abbreviationshttps://translations.nickblockphd.com/blog-posts/yiddish-words-and-abbreviations-not-in-the-dictionary.html
https://translations.nickblockphd.com/blog-posts/yiddish-words-and-abbreviations-not-in-the-dictionary.html#respondFri, 20 Mar 2015 05:59:53 +0000http://translations.nickblockphd.com/blog/?p=91This page is an appeal to expand the most comprehensive Yiddish-English dictionary to date by Beinfeld/Bochner/Niborski/Vaisbrot. As a Yiddish translator, I find words, variant definitions of existing words, and many abbreviations that are simply not in the dictionary. I have started compiling a list, which I would gladly see incorporated in the dictionary’s second edition. I will attempt […]

]]>This page is an appeal to expand the most comprehensive Yiddish-English dictionary to date by Beinfeld/Bochner/Niborski/Vaisbrot. As a Yiddish translator, I find words, variant definitions of existing words, and many abbreviations that are simply not in the dictionary. I have started compiling a list, which I would gladly see incorporated in the dictionary’s second edition.

Gitler(n) = Hitler. “we ran from the bandit Hitler” (1946)

I will attempt to systematically show my proof for the given definitions, using examples from the original written Yiddish samples. At the same time, I have not chosen to add non-YIVO standard spelling, or German/English words simply written in Hebrew letters. The following are words that I believe truly should be new entries in the standard Yiddish dictionary.

Let me know what words you haven’t been able to find using the comment feature below!

New Yiddish Words

אין – in

to
e.g., “to bring you and the children to a new country and have a happy life.” ((15.22.24))

אױך – oykh

even
e.g., “Even Aunt Goldi knows this…”

אױסבױערן – oysboyern

to dig out, to bore into((15.9.7))

אונדז – undz

2. we
e.g., “Undz shrayben nisht tsu keyn kinder zey zolen undz shikn gelt.” (We don’t write to any of the children to send us money.((15.8.2)))